About Dillard

Since1869, Dillard University has been committed to providing students with a quality
four-year liberal arts education. Dillard is a fully accredited private, historically
black university. In 2010, U.S. News & World Report ranked Dillard among the nation’s
Top 10 HBCUs, based on comprehensive undergraduate studies. Dillard also was awarded
a Top 10 Ranking in 2010 for liberal arts schools in the social mobility category
by Washington Monthly.

The cornerstone of New Orleans’s Gentilly Community, the university sits on a beautiful
and serene 55-acre campus, replete with signature live oak trees and a mixture of
historic buildings and modern facilities.

Dillard students go on to some of the best graduate schools in the world. Dillard
currently has alumni studying at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Johns Hopkins and the London
School of Economics, among others. Dillard University is also the only university
in the United States that is a partner in the Melton Foundation. Dillard students
who become Melton Fellows participate in intercultural training, leadership development,
and global education through symposia, travel, online activities, project grants,
and social service. Host countries include China, Chile, Germany, India and the United
States.

Dillard Highlights:

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Dillard completely restored and refurbished 32 campus
buildings and three off-campus residential complexes, and built two new LEED®* registered
(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) buildings: the Professional Schools
and Sciences Building, and the Student Union and Health & Wellness Center.

In 2010, Dillard entered a partnership with the New Orleans Recovery School District
for a new teacher education program that may revolutionize teacher education in New
Orleans and, perhaps, serve as a model for programs across the country.

Dillard's physics program has acquired a $1.8 million pulse laser system that allows
students to perform graduate level research.

Dillard’s highly acclaimed nursing program was the first of its kind in Louisiana.

Dillard University boasts one of the few Student Success divisions in the nation,
a model that focuses on recruitment, retention and support of undergraduates.

Graduates of Dillard represent a wide range of highly successful global leaders in
fields ranging from medicine and law, to higher education and international business,
to arts and entertainment. Here are just a few of our notable alumni:

Karen Drake, M.D., ’79Perinatologist

Iowa Methodist Medical Center

Lisa Frazier-Page, ’84Staff WriterThe Washington PostCo-AuthorThe Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream